Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-06-28
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One OF the heaviest demands on Yank. |
ton from the east Is the demand for city
plats.
A meeting will be held in the Danish
church on Wednesday evening at 81
O'Clock, 10y Rev. avid.
A. Hale, of Sioux City, divulged the
information that the Northwestern is to
extend from Poncs, on the Nebraska side.
to Yankton.
The address OF Mrs. Smith, of the
Chicago central union, to the W. O. T..
U. on next Thursday will be of interest
to all who attend.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railway company paid off its employ ees
in this city yesterday. The engineers,
tiremen and tralnmen of the entire di-
vision upon which Yankton is located,
received their checks he.e. and the
amount disbursed by the company ag-
gregated $4,000.
William Baker, one of Yankton's old
residents, is suffering from an injury to
bis head which occurred some six weeks
ago, . box poised upon another box fall
ing and striking him to the ground. No
bad symptoms ensued until about o week
ago, when Mr.. Baker failed to recognize
those about him and became delirious.
Copousslon of the brain is feared.
The W mammoth srtesisn wells
which spout within the limits OF the
city of Yankton, both continue to pour
forth moisture. The roar of the water
which Issues from the well at the brick
yards is similar to the noise of q train Of
cars crossing the Yankton railway
bridge. At least so remarks an old clti
zen who hears the bridge tram in his
mind.
General Campbell last night received
O letter from Huron retaining him as
counsel in the contempt case OF Judge
Spencer against the Huronite. The
effort OF the carpet bag government
from New York to muzzle the press will
be contested inch by inch in the courts
II freedom Of speech is to be wiped out
il will be only at the end of q deter
mined contest.
Sheriff Kincel has been kept r%ustlina
for ten days past looking up horse
thieves, He has received notice Of
horses stolen nearly every day during
the past week and every strange equine
that comes within eye range is sublectec
to the most careful scrutiny. The sheriff
says that horse thieves have q mos
provoking habit of avoiding places with
40 his jurisdiction.
The Vermlllion Plain Talk states tha
last Thursday a party of Omaha rail
road officials were detected in the act o
taking observations along the Missouri
at the month Of Lime creek, near Yer
million. This is possibly the fiat boa
party which spent the first days OF les
week probing the river near Yanktol
and then dropped down stream and dis
appeared around the bend.
County Assessor ElIery II. Dunn lie jus
about completing the assessment O
Yankton county and he advances tn
opinion that the county has Increase
in value to the extent of 100000 j
past year. The city of Yankron durin
chat time has increased one-third in it
valuation. In the course of q week c
ten days the assessor will be able to Civ
exact figures concerning the assessmen
Two residents of extreme lower Yans
ton came clear up town in the broiiin
heat OF to-day to register a kick egains
the sidewalk which runs along the cas-
side of Mulberry street between Thir
and Fonrsh. Last night as they wende
theri way homeward n section OF ii
sidewalk rose when they stepped upo
it, and now they have their noses wral
ned up in towels. They give the Gil
n week in which to repair the sid
walk.
Charles A. Wilson. the popular repr
sentative in this section of the j.
Qaeal lumber company, thus reclte'